Prepress & Workflow

The Pale Emperor by Marilyn Manson
The Pale Emperor is the latest hit album from iconic shockrocker Marilyn Manson, notorious for his dark lyrics and robust metal sounds.
Developed by the Multi Packaging Solutions Creative...

Genesis Brand Design, formerly gen-Nth Brand Design, a vertically integrated brand strategy company, has announced the acquisition of Visual Solutions Group (VSG), in Santa Ana, CA.
This new location is to be named genesis...

It's press check time, and I brace myself as I walk into the pressroom and prepare for that very industry specific scent of inks, solvents, paper, press washes, and equipment. I'm eager to see the results of this...

Sun Chemical's WetFlex™ system and UniQure™ inks have been recognized for their low environmental impact at the Flexotech International Print and Innovation Awards in November in London. The Award for...

A new global producer in the packaging sector is setting its sights on the grocery and food packaging industries with an investment in APET sheet production targeted to support brands and grocers to boost their sales. Octal...

In this ongoing series, we've invited designers and manufacturers to tell us a bit about their process, and how solutions come together. Sometimes sustainability concerns are the primary creative-driver, sometimes it...

New digital and offset presses are finding their way into packaging pressrooms around the country. Last spring, major vendors to packaging printers—Heidelberg, HP, KBA, Kodak, Komori, manroland, Mitsubishi, Ryobi,...

Printers buy the iron. Yet, brand owners and designers are the ultimate beneficiaries of the astounding capabilities that major press manufacturers have built into their newest presses.
When you can put shimmer and shine or...

Prepress today means digital workflow and proofing systems that integrate with the workflow systems. These software bridges, starting from the design workstation to the bindery, are eliminating the remaining so-called...